November 9, 2020
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Bolivia News Links 27 October – 9 November 2020
9 November 2020 — The New Dark Age Former president Evo Morales ends year-long exile and returns to Bolivia https://www.rt.com/news/506190-evo-morales-return-bolivia-exile/ Bolivia’s New Government Pledges to Implement Buen Vivir https://libya360.wordpress.com/2020/11/09/bolivias-new-government-pledges-to-implement-buen-vivir/ La Paz: A Celebration of Social Movements, Indigenous, Miners and MAS Militants https://libya360.wordpress.com/2020/11/09/la-paz-a-celebration-of-social-movements-indigenous-miners-and-mas-militants/ Continue reading
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Media Silence Marks Ongoing OPCW Cover-Up of Syria Chemical Weapons Scandal
“Clearly the U.S. and its allies do not want transparency and open debate about the OPCW Douma investigation, and one can only conclude that this is the case because they know full well that their claims cannot be substantiated. Smears and censorship are the only tactics they have left.” – Propaganda Expert Piers Robinson Continue reading
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UK: £17 Billion COVID-19 contracts
Our challenge to Government’s decision to hide COVID-19 spending has led it to disclose that the Department of Health has handed £17 billion worth of COVID-19 contracts to private companies since April. Fresh analysis by Tussell reveals Government has failed to publish details of £4.4billion of these contracts. Continue reading
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Who Collects Biological Samples from Different Ethnic Groups, and for What Purposes?
Recently, US National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien tried to formally accuse China of allegedly collecting genetic data from foreigners to serve its own interests. At the same time, he stressed that having genetic data creates an advantage for China, and allows it to influence “certain groups and certain countries”. Continue reading
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How Could 70 Million Still Have Voted for Trump?
Media pundits and others have been deeply perplexed as to why so many Americans in this election–70 million in fact– nonetheless voted for Trump. Continue reading
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Interpreting the U.S. Election Results: Preliminary Observations
The victory by the Biden/Harris ticket in the 2020 American National Elections are basically good news for the country and the world, although not as good as expected (by pollsters or enthusiasts) or nearly as decisive as desirable given the dreadfully regressive behavior of Trump and the Republican Party over the past four years. And… Continue reading
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How We’re Misled About Syria: UK Propaganda and the BBC
Previous posts about misleading Syria coverage – from MSF, Amnesty International, Channel 4 and George Monbiot of the Guardian – used the past tense in their title. However, this one is current. At the time of writing, the BBC is about to start airing a new radio series centring on the life and work of… Continue reading
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